Letter file separator



, April 23, 1957 R. W. NORRIS, SR

LETTER FILE `SEPARATOR Filed Aug. 4, 1954 26 I9 INVENTOR.

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LETTER FILE SEPARATOR Robert W. Norris, Sr., Salem, Oreg.

Application August 4, 1954, Serial No. 447,733

2 Claims. (Cl. 129-26) This invention relates to improvements in letter tile separators, and the primary object of the invention is to separate the files within a filing cabinet in groups so that they can be easily handled.

These separators are easily positioned within the iile cabinet drawer, and when they are repositioned they hold themselves in a predetermined position.

Heretofore the folders became packed one against the other, where fixed separators were used, they had to be removed from between the separators and repositioned within the drawer.

With my new and improved separator, the separator can be moved so that the folders will rest between them with the proper spacing for easy handling.

These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawings, specication and claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of my new and improved file separator.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of a tiling cabinet, illustrating how my new and improved separators are installed therein.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view, taken on line 3--3 of Figure 2, through the drawer of the ling cabinet.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the separator mounting in regards to the separator supporting bar.

Figure 5 is a sectional view, taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is another preferred form of adjusting the width of the separator.

Figure 7 illustrates a removable rack to be applied to the upper surface of the sides of the drawer of the cabinet.

Figure 8 is a sectional view, taken on line 8-8 of Figure 7.

Referring more specically to the drawings:

My new and improved separator for tiling cabinets consists of a vertical bar 10. The upper end of this bar 10 is formed integral with the transverse bar 11. Located on either end of the bar 11 are goose necks 12, which are threadably connected to the ends 13 of the bar 11 by the threaded stern 14. These goose necks 12 are adapted to hook over the upper edge 15 of the side walls 16 of the tile drawer 17.

Located on the lower end of the vertical bar 10 is a threaded stern 18. This stem 18 has an eye 19 formed on its lower end adapted to embrace the resilient ring 20. The resilient ring 20 is adapted to slide on the horizontal retaining rod 21, as best illustrated in Figure 4. By being able to adjust the vertical bar 10 up or down, the separator 22 will come to rest as illustrated in Figure 3,

States Patent O 2,789,562 Patented Apr. 23, 1957 ICC and when it comes to rest at an angle to the vertical the resilient ring 20 will frictionally engage by cam action the rod 21, preventing the separator 22 from moving along the` rod 21, holding it in a predetermined position.

The vertical bar 10 and the transverse bar 11 are preferably made from tubing, but they could be made of solid material as illustrated in Figure 6. When this would be the case an internally threaded tubular portion 23 would be formed on the goose neck 12. This would also hold true with the lower stem 18.

In Figure 7, a modified form of the invention is illustrated and includes a channel-like rack 24, which has notches 25 formed therein to receive the goose necks 12, maintaining them in a fixed position. These racks 24 would be used in the event that there was no rod 21 within the cabinet drawer 17. The lower ends of the dividers 22 would come to rest on the bottom 26 of the drawer 17. Figure 8 illustrates a sectional view of this rack 24 with the legs 27 embracing the sides 16 of the filing cabinet drawer 17.

In operation, the rod 21 is removed from the drawer 17 in the usual manner, the rod is then replaced, passing through the rings 20 of the separators 22. As the les are placed in the drawer 17, the separators are moved to a vertical position as indicated by the broken lines 28, Figure 3, at which position they can be moved along the rod 21 to the various selected positions, when they are released and lay over so that the goose neck 12 contacts the upper edge 15 of the side wall 16 of the drawer 17 they will be held in this position by the binding action between the rings 20 and the supporting rod 21.

What is claimed is:

l. A le separator adapted for mounting in a le drawer of the type having opposed parallel side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, and a le retaining rod extending between the front and rear walls parallel to the side and bottom walls adjacent the bottom wall, said separator comprising, a bar, internally threaded members integrally formed on opposite ends of said bar and extending axially therefrom, a threaded shank adjustably seated in each of said threaded members, a U-shaped hook integrally formed on each of said Shanks, a second bar depending substantially perpendicularly from said first bar centrally thereof, an internally threaded member integrally formed on the lower end of said second bar, a threaded shank adjustably seated in said last-named threaded member, an eye integrally joined to the opposite end of said threaded shank, and a resilient friction ring carried by said eye and engageable about said retaining rod whereby said eye may be locked to said rod by cam action upon said separator moving from perpendicular and thereby locking said separator against sliding movement in said tile drawer.

2. A device as claimed in claim l, wherein said resilient ring is formed with an annular groove and said eye is seated in said annular groove.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 856,155 Hunt June 4, 1907 1,416,289 Harrah May 16, 1922 FOREIGN PATENTS 3,219 Great Britain July 30, 1909 1,048,125 France July 29, 1953 706,307 Great Britain Mar. 24, 1954 

